Pen and pencil clip



Oct. 3, 1933. J. MERZON PEN AND PENCIL CLIP- Filed Oct. 5, 1952 JJQ INVENTQR qlzsepb my,

Patented Oct. 3, 1933 UNITED. STATES PATENT, OFFICE PEN AND PENCIL our- Joseph Merzon, Gloversville, NTY. Application October 5, 1932. Serial Not 636,386

' 7 Claims. (CI. 24-11) This invention relates to improvements in clips such as used for holding fountain pens, pencils and the like in the pocket of the user, and its .objects are as follows: I 7

First, to provide a clip which is capable of being blanked in its entirety with the exception of the thumb screw, from a piece of metal of suitable cross section, thus avoiding the use of connecting rivets which are subject to loosening as in a two or more piece construction.

Second, to provide the clip with integral flanges which are pressed over the base of the spring finger where the latter bends back from the main rigid body thereby to reinforce the clip at this particular point and at the same time provide a firm anchorage for said finger.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a view of a fountain pen illustrating the attached clip in side elevation.

Figure 2 is a similar view of the fountain pe illustrating the clip in front elevation.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the clip in its original blanked form.

Figure 4 is an elevation of a pencil again showing the clip in side elevation, but in this instance illustrating the addition of a clamp to which the clip is secured and by which it is attached to the pencil.

In carrying out the invention the clipl is made to comprise a bracket 2, head 3, main body 4 and spring finger 5. The bracket 2 has its ends bent over inside of the pen cap as shown in dotted lines in Figure 2, thereby securing the clip to the cap. The body 4 has a threaded hole 6 in such a position that when the threaded shank of a thumb screw 7 is received by it, the end of the screw will confront the spring finger 5 near its upper extremity. That end of the thumb screw has a swivelled foot 8 which bears against said finger and acts as an adapter between the screw and finger taking care of the changes of position of the finger as the screw is turned in and out.

"The free extremity of the spring finger 5 istumed outwardly at 9 so as to avoid hanging on the cloth of the garment when the pen 10 is thrust into the pocket. When the pen is inserted in the pocket the spring finger 5 presses the cloth against the pen, the thumb screw '7 providing an adjustment by which the finger 5 will hold with thedesired degree of tension. The thumb screw may normally be backed off so as to leave the spring finger 5 free. Then when the pen is inserted in the pocket the finger 5 will yield until it engages the foot 8. Should that particular adjustment be found too loose, it is only necessary to turn in onthe screw '7 until the desired degree of tightness is, obtained. On other occasions it may be desired to lock the pen in place. The user; then has only to turn the screw 7, after having inserted the pen in his pocket, until he'feels the spring finger 5 binding tightly against the cloth.

One of the important features of the invention resides in the blanking of the clip 1. The orig- 5 inal shape of the blank is depicted in Figure 3. The main body 4 is integral with the spring finger 5, the place where these join being marked by a pair of integral flanges 11 which stand outv from the sides of the blank. The body 4, finger 170 5 and flanges 11 are thus a homogeneous structure. The clip may be blanked either from a piece of material of diminishing cross section, or it may be blanked from a sheet of material of uniform cross section, later worked into them; diminishing or tapering shape shown in Figure 1.

When the clip is finished the head 3 and body 4 will be thickest. From there the material tapers down to a small gauge of spring finger 5. In completing the clip the spring finger 5 is bent180 at the approximate point 12 (Fig. 3). The clip blank is virtually bent upon itself at this point, and when the bending is accomplished the finger 5 is held by pressing the flanges 11 back over the base of the finger.

These flanges thus constitute the second outstanding feature of the invention. They not only assist in holding the spring finger 5 in its bent shape, but they also reinforce the clip at the point of bending. In addition to that they provide a firm anchorage for the spring finger, establishing a back support therefor full length of the flanges.

In Figure 4 the foregoing clip is secured at 13 to a clamp 14 which is attached to the pencil 15. The use of the clamp 14 is optional. A clamp might have been employed in connection with the clip and pen in Figures 1 and 2. Generally speaking the bracket 2 and clamp 14 comprise securing means, and the bracket 2 may be re-' garded as securing means as much so as the clamp 14.

I claim:-

1. A clip comprising a head and securing means therefor, a body depending from the head,- a spring finger situated beside the body, said spring finger consisting of the same material as the body and being integral therewith at one end,

' and a thumb screw carried by the body to apply pressure to the free end of the spring finger.

2. A clip comprising a head and securing means therefor, a body depending from the head, a spring finger carried at one end by the free end of the body, said finger extending back along the body and having its free end adjacent to said head, and a thumb screw carried by the body having one end confronting said free end of the spring finger.

t m isi a ii ifi fi flfi means therefora body depending from the head, a spring finger into which the body terminates, said body and finger being of diminishing cross section making the-finger of narrow gauge relatively to the body, said finger being sijuatgcibeside the body with its free end directed toward said head, and a thumb screw carried bythobody having one end confronting said iree gnd ofijhe finger. v

4. A clip comprising a main bodymnd means by which it is attached to a support a spring l qd ss q ;test e an eel r edb Zthebodyib ng'ben over-f-th adjacent end of the 'sisrifi sn se lie t ieterc ii d i nlaxi a cho th tan 5. A clip comprising a main body and means by which it is attached to a support, a spring finger, said body and finger being a homogeneous structure and bent upon themselves to dispose the finger beside the body, and a flange on the body adjacent to the point of bending, said flange being bent over the adjacent part of the spring finger.

1 6. ,@A c1ip,b1ank comprising a main ,body, a finger' joined to said bodypfianges standing out at ,the. .juncture of the body and finger, said body, finger and fianges being a homogeneous struc- -ture, and a bracket on the free end of the body. j A clip comprising a main body and means for securing said body to an object tobe held in -.a--pocket,1aspring finger carried at one end by the hgdy and eggtending along the body to confront the outside or the pocket, the free end portionuof said finger being turned outwardly to avoid hanging on the pocket when removi g the object, and a screw adjustably carried by said body, said screw having a swivelle d 'foot disposed nextw the spring-finger adjacent to said out-turned portion. ow-H MERZ 

